Amanda-Clearcreek's Fearnow gets to state wrestling meet after being district alternate

2:32 AM,
Mar. 1, 2013

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Written by

Vince Nairn
The Eagle-Gazette Staff

Despite losing his first-round match Thursday at the Division III state wrestling meet, Steven Fearnow still had a smile on his face.

Fearnow, a junior at Amanda-Clearcreek and one of the Aces' eight state qualifiers, wasn't happy he lost. But he was pleased just to wrestle at the state meet a week after he thought his season was done.

Entering last week's Division III district, Fearnow was an alternate in the 160-pound weight class. He didn't find out he was going to wrestle until the day the tournament started, when another school's 160 wrestler was scratched from the lineup. ...